Linz (capital of Upper Austria - 190,000 inh.)

Tramway
- 900 mm gauge
- network length 31 km
- 4 lines:
Line 1: Universität - Auwiesen 14.3 km, 35 stops
Line 2: Universität - SolarCity 19 km, 44 stops (31 shared with Line 1)
Line 3: Landgutstraße - Trauner Kreuzung 11.5 km, 23 stops (7 shared with Line 1 and 2)
Line 4: Landgutstraße - Schloss Traun (basically an extended Line 3 going beyond the Linz fare zone area!)

1.9 km tram tunnel including two underground stations, Hauptbahnhof and Unionkreuzung, and one below ground level station with open roof, Herz-Jesu-Kirche. The tunnel is used by all three tram lines, with line 3 and 4 diverging from the trunk route at Hauptbahnhof.

31 Aug 2004: - Goethekreuzung - [ramp] - Hauptbahnhof - Herz-Jesu-Kirche [ramp] - Bulgariplatz
03 Sept 2005: - Hillerstraße - SolarCity
13 Aug 2011: Line 3 Hauptbahnhof - Doblerholz (5.3 km, including 1.3 km tunnel)
26 Feb 2016: Line 3 Doblerholz - Trauner Kreuzung (3 km)
10 Sept 2016: Line 4 Trauner Kreuzung - Schloss Traun (1.8 km)

Pöstlingbergbahn (reopened 29 May 2009)

- 4.1 km (Landgutstraße - Hauptplatz shared with line 3)
- 900 mm track gauge (before 2008: 1000 mm)
- mostly single-track, with three passing loops
- rolling stock: 3 Flexity Outlook in retro-look; 3 modernised cars from the 1950s

Linz Linien (Official Site - Transport Operator)

Linz Tram at Wikipedia

Bahn Linz by Martin Ruderstorfer

BLOG: Your webmaster's impressions on the Linz Tram (April 2014)

Robert Schrempf:

Pöstlingbergbahn Album.

- Dec 2009, German/English, Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 936573 24 4; feat. Linz Tramway and Gmunden Tramway.

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